Create real_pathdup which returns a caller owned string of the resolved
realpath based on the provide path.
Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmw...@google.com>
---
abspath.c | 13 +++++++++++++
cache.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index b0d4c1b..df37356 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path)
return strbuf_realpath(&realpath, path, 0);
}
+char *real_pathdup(const char *path)
+{
+ struct strbuf realpath = STRBUF_INIT;
+ char *retval = NULL;
+
+ if(strbuf_realpath(&realpath, path, 0))
+ retval = strbuf_detach(&realpath, NULL);
+
+ strbuf_release(&realpath);
+
+ return retval;
+}
+
/*
* Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
* to resolve links, you should use real_path.
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 7a81294..e12a5d9 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char
*path,
int die_on_error);
const char *real_path(const char *path);
const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path);
+char *real_pathdup(const char *path);
const char *absolute_path(const char *path);
const char *remove_leading_path(const char *in, const char *prefix);
const char *relative_path(const char *in, const char *prefix, struct strbuf
*sb);
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2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
